Hingis comes full circle with win
Hingis has re-established herself in the world’s top 10 The Swiss star, who began her comeback at the event in 2005, eased past Austria’s Sybille Bammer 6-0 6-2.She said: “Now I’m number seven in the world, I’ve won a couple of events and played some great matches so I know I can handle myself out there.”I’ll have a day off and I can probably toast the win at midnight.”Hingis added: “I was very focused and didn’t have ups and downs. That was quite surprising after a six week
break.”The 26-year-old, now faces a second-round clash with either Russian Elena Bovina or Australian wildcard Nicole Pratt.She made the semi-finals in her comeback at the Gold Coast tournament despite it being her first tournament for three years.Hingis announced this week that she is engaged to marry Czech tennis player Radek Stepanek.Australian wildcard caused the first upset of the event when she beat eighth seed Ai Sugiyama of Japan 7-6 (7-4) 6-4.